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Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (85 page)
MYSTIC:
III:32
NORWICH:
PATRICK DANVILLE’s pencils (complete with erasers) were
bought in a Norwich Woolworth’s in 1958. Hence, Norwich played its own small but significant part in Roland’s ultimate triumph over the CRIMSON KING. VII:800
SEDONVILLE:
Somewhere in this town, buried under a chicken house, is an Irishman shot dead for blowing down one of BALAZAR’s card houses. II:117
WESTPORT:
V:544, VI:185
CO-OP CITY
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
COPIAH
COSTA DEL SOL
See
SPAIN
CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BRONX
CUBA
JANE DORNING—one of the stewardesses on EDDIE’s Delta flight from NASSAU to JFK—harbors a fear of being hijacked by Cubans.
II:54, VII:599
CULLUM’S CABIN
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY: EAST STONEHAM: KEYWADIN POND
CUSTOMS, NEW YORK
See
NEW YORK CITY
: QUEENS
CUYAHOGA RIVER
See
OHIO
DAHLIE’S (DAHLBERG’S)
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
DALE’S FANCY BUTCHER SHOP
See
OHIO
(STATE OF): AKRON
DEAN FAMILY APARTMENT
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
DELAWARE (STATE OF)
During his years traveling along the HIGHWAYS IN HIDING, PERE CALLAHAN worked for a while as an apple-picker in Delaware.
V:302
ROUTE 71:
V:302
DENBY’S DISCOUNT DRUG
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN: TIMES SQUARE
DENMARK
See also
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY
VII:603
DENMARK, MAINE
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY
DENNIS’S WAFFLES AND PANCAKES
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN: CHEW CHEW MAMA’S
DENVER
See
COLORADO
;
see also
ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND SANTA FE RAILROAD
DES MOINES
DETROIT
DETTA’S SEX HAUNTS
See
DRAWERS
,
in
PORTALS
DIMITY ROAD
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY: EAST STONEHAM
DISNEYLAND
DISNEY WORLD
DIXIE PIG
See entry in
PORTALS
DODGE
See
KANSAS
DOORS: NEW YORK TO MID-WORLD
See
DOORWAYS BETWEEN WORLDS
,
in
PORTALS
DRAWERS
See entry in
PORTALS
DUBLIN
See
IRELAND
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Duke University has a department of Psychical Research. According to JOHN CULLUM, one of the subjects they study is WALK-IN activity.
VI:152
DUTCH HILL
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
DUTCH HILL MANSION
See
DOORWAYS BETWEEN WORLDS
,
in
PORTALS
DUTCH HILL PUB
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
DUTCH HILL USED APPLIANCES
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
EAST CONWAY VILLAGE
EAST FRYEBURG
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY
EAST STONEHAM
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY
EASTER ISLAND
III:24
ECUADOR
IV:86
EGYPT
VII:115
CAIRO:
V:140
PYRAMIDS:
VII:115
**ENGLAND
In
The Gunslinger,
WALTER O’DIM claims that he lived in England hundreds (or perhaps a thousand) years before the GREAT OLD ONES crossed the ocean to the land that Roland now inhabits. In the 2003 version of
The Gunslinger,
the direct reference to England is cut. In the final book of the Dark Tower series we find out that GRACE RUMBELOW, an incredibly annoying BREAKER, came from ALDERSHOT.
I:211, VI:390, VII:394
HAMPSHIRE:
VII:394
ALDERSHOT:
VII:394
LONDON:
IV:34, V:91, V:506, VII:242
STONEHENGE:
VII:777
ETHIOPIA
VII:732
EVEREST
FIFTH AVENUE AND FORTY-THIRD STREET
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN
FLORIDA (STATE OF)
V:305, VI:408, VII:570, VII:674
BUSCH GARDENS:
RIVER CROSSING’s garden (located behind the CHURCH OF THE BLOOD EVERLASTING) reminds EDDIE of Busch Gardens. III:233
CAPE CANAVERAL:
When SUSANNAH sees the missiles lining the GREAT ROAD leading to LUD, she thinks about the Redstones fired from Cape Canaveral. III:287
DISNEY WORLD:
II:334, III:73, III:91
FLORIDA KEYS:
II:227
FORD ORD
FORMOSA (TAIWAN)
Originally known by its aboriginal name, Pakan, this island was renamed Formosa when an early Dutch navigator (sailing on a Portuguese ship) saw it and
exclaimed, “Ilha formosa,” or “beautiful island.” The contemporary name
Taiwan
is an adaptation of the word
tayouan,
which means “terrace bay.”
VII:115
FOUR FATHERS RESTAURANT
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN: GINELLI’S PIZZA
FRANCE
VII:275, VII:276
PARIS:
VI:242
LOUVRE:
VII:242
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL:
V:595
FRENCH LANDING
FRYEBURG
See
MAINE (STATE OF)
: OXFORD COUNTY
GAGE PARK
See
KANSAS (STATE OF)
: TOPEKA
GAIETY
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN: TIMES SQUARE
GARDEN OF THE BEAM
See
LOT, THE
,
in
PORTALS
GEORGIA (STATE OF)
II:198
GERMANY
VII:276
BERGEN-BELSEN:
A Nazi concentration camp located in northwest Germany, near the village of Belsen. VII:698
BUCHENWALD:
A Nazi concentration camp located in eastern Germany, near the village of Buchenwald. VII:698
HAMELIN:
In
Wolves of the Calla,
EDDIE DEAN compares ANDY, CALLA BRYN STURGIS’s duplicitous Messenger Robot, to the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Eddie draws this comparison because the children of the Calla love Andy and follow him everywhere, but another, more sinister meaning is behind Eddie’s statement. According to the old folktale, the town of Hamelin was afflicted by a plague of rats, and the people of the town could not get rid of
the terrible, flea-bitten rodents. However, just as they were about to go out of their minds, along came a piper in a parti-colored suit who agreed to solve their problem as long as they paid him what he wanted. The Pied Piper and the townsfolk agreed on an amount, but once the rats were gone, the stingy
folken
refused to honor their pledge. The Piper left, only to return the following Saint John’s Day. This time when he played his pipe, he charmed the children away. None of them were ever seen again. Only two little children remained in the village—one who was blind and could not see the Piper to follow him, and one who was lame and could not keep up with his playmates. Like the Pied Piper, Andy steals children. He doesn’t do it himself—the WOLVES of THUNDERCLAP do it for him—however, he is every bit as guilty as they are. V:586–87
GINELLI’S PIZZA (FOUR FATHERS RESTAURANT)
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
GRAND ARMY PLAZA
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
GRAND CANYON
GRAND COULEE DAM
GRAND RIVER MEN’S WEAR
See
MICHIGAN (STATE OF)
: DETROIT
GRANT PARK
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN
GREAT PLAINS
III:171
GREAT SMOKIES
SUSANNAH DEAN/ODETTA HOLMES’s AUNT BLUE had her honeymoon in these mountains.
II:236
GREEN BAY
GREENWICH VILLAGE
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN
GREYMARL APARTMENTS
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN
GUTTENBERG, FURTH, AND PATEL
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN
GUYANA
The Reverend Jim Jones established the People’s Temple in Jonestown, Guyana. Almost one thousand people committed suicide there by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. While they downed their final drinks, the reverend stood on his porch and, holding a bullhorn to his lips, recounted stories about his mother.
III:378, VII:211
HAITI
II:58, II:186
HAMELIN
See
GERMANY
HAMMARSKJÖLD PLAZA (2 HAMMARSKJÖLD PLAZA)
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN: SECOND AVENUE
HAMPSHIRE
See
ENGLAND
HARRIGAN’S STREET CORNER
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN: SECOND AVENUE
HARVARD
TED BRAUTIGAN attended Harvard.
VII:212, VII:273, VII:276
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL:
VII:126
HAWAII (STATE OF)
V:48, V:89
HENRY’S CORNER MARKET
See
NEW YORK CITY
: BROOKLYN: DUTCH HILL
HIDDEN HIGHWAYS/HIGHWAYS IN HIDING
See
HIDDEN HIGHWAYS
,
in
PORTALS
HOBOKEN
HOME
Home was a wet shelter for homeless people located on FIRST AVENUE and FORTY-SEVENTH STREET in MANHATTAN, NEW YORK. The owner and chief supervisor was PERE CALLAHAN’s friend ROWAN MAGRUDER. Unlike many of New York City’s shelters, Home accepted both men and women and allowed in people who were drunk as well as sober. At Home, the drunks weren’t locked up, the booze was. If somebody came in suffering from the d.t.’s, he or she would be given a shot of liquor, and probably a sedative chaser to keep him or her quiet. Despite—or more probably because of—its unusual policies, Home became one of the city’s most successful, and highly regarded, shelters. In 1977, Mother Teresa visited it, and in 1980, Magruder was named Man of the Year by New York City’s Mayor Ed Koch. (Magruder even made the cover of
Newsweek.
)
After his terrible encounter with the VAMPIRE BARLOW, Pere Callahan traveled to New York and ended up at this shelter. Although he began as a resident, he ended up as an employee. Pere worked for Home from October of 1975 until June of 1976. However, in June of 1976, just after his friend and fellow Home employee LUPE DELGADO died from AIDS (contracted through the bite of a TYPE THREE VAMPIRE), a distraught Callahan went back on the booze. Pere left Home and—bottle in hand—began his inebriated journeys along America’s HIGHWAYS IN HIDING.
V:106, V:266–68, V:271–82, V:287, V:292, V:308–9
(Magruder and Hitler Brothers),
V:422, V:424
(flophouse),
V:425, V:426, V:427, V:428–29, V:443, V:445, V:452, V:466, VI:332
HUDSON RIVER
HUNGRY I
See
NEW YORK CITY
: MANHATTAN
ILLINOIS (STATE OF)
CHICAGO:
V:423
GREENTOWN:
To Ray Bradbury fans, Greentown is a well-known and well-loved place. Based upon Bradbury’s hometown of Waukegan, Illinois, it represents all that is best in small-town America. However, in the Dark Tower series, Greentown becomes a sinister place.
According to SUSANNAH DEAN, the DEVAR-TOI (or BREAKER prison) is reminiscent of Bradbury’s idealized Midwestern town. Its cozy Main Street and nearby college campus look like snapshots out of an album of Americana—places where there is no crime, where girls wearing dresses with hemlines safely below the knee kiss their boyfriends a chaste goodnight and
then return to their college dorms early so that their dormitory moms (as well as their actual mothers) will think well of them. Its low buildings and friendly streets make the viewer daydream about a time before the world
moved on
—an era predating world wars and cold wars, when the sun always shone and old folks sat happily on their porches, drinking lemonade.